Ben Franklin, Esq.
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Dad. Pop culture lover. I have a history degree that I'm not USING, per se. I enjoy Dr. Pepper.
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Ben Franklin, Esq.
@bfsesq.bsky.social
· Sep 14
DAVID LETTERMAN: Have you heard about the Labubus, Paul?
PAUL: La-who-whos?
DAVE: No, Labubus.
PAUL: *starts playing the piano*
DAVE: deeee-deedle-dee, La-bu-bu-bu
PAUL: La-who-whos?
DAVE: No, Labubus.
PAUL: *starts playing the piano*
DAVE: deeee-deedle-dee, La-bu-bu-bu
This is like the old cartoon when someone gets bonked on the head and loses their memory and then bonked on the head again and it all comes back, right?
maybe he’ll get rebooted back to the old him
John Fetterman was taken to the hospital after suffering from a “ventricular fibrillation flare-up” and falling near his home
November 13, 2025 at 6:33 PM
This is like the old cartoon when someone gets bonked on the head and loses their memory and then bonked on the head again and it all comes back, right?
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![[Scene is a kitchen - a middle aged woman called JANET is boiling peas at the stove. A younger more colourfully dressed woman named LIZ approached her.]
JANET:
Ugh...
LIZ:
What's up?
JANET:
I am so bored of cooking peas!
LIZ:
Have you tried...
AI peas?
JANET:
AI peas?
LIZ:
They're peas with AI!
[Liz holds up to us a packet of peas labelled: Pea-i AI - Peas with AI].
LIZ:
Al-powered peas harness the potential of your peas
JANET:
What
LIZ [Now a voiceover as we cut to a whizzy technology diagram of peas all connected by meaningless dotted lines]
Why not take your peas to the next level with Al Peas' new Al tools to power your peas?
[Show a techno diagram of a pea with a label reading 'AI' pointing to a random zone in it]
LIZ:
Each pea has Al in a way we haven't quite worked out yet but it's fine
[Show Janet and Liz now in a Matrix-style world of peas]
LIZ:
With Al peas you can supercharge productivity and make AI work for your peas!
JANET:
What
LIZ:
Shut up
LIZ:
Our game-changing Pea-Al gives you the freedom to unlock the potential of the power of the future of your peas workflow
From opening the bag of peas
to boiling the peas
to eating the peas
To spending millions on adding Al to the peas and then having to work out what that even means.
JANET:
Is it really necessary to-
LIZ [Grabbing Janet by the collar]:
THE PEAS HAVE GOT AI, JANET
[Cut to an advert ending screen, with the bag of peas and the slogan:
AI PEAS: Just 'Peas' for god's sake buy the AI peas.
[Ends]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreiayqa37f7kik7l7s7fbtfp2sir5ckb662ry2lylinyjrfa2rkvvka@jpeg)
I'm sorry. diVine???
Vine reboot called diVine has been launched 📱
• Funded by Jack Dorsey
• Includes over 100K videos from Vine's archive
• Users can upload 6-second videos
• AI-generated content is not allowed
• Funded by Jack Dorsey
• Includes over 100K videos from Vine's archive
• Users can upload 6-second videos
• AI-generated content is not allowed
November 13, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I'm sorry. diVine???
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logging into all of the third-party apps again is definitely the coolest part of getting a new device
November 13, 2025 at 2:18 AM
logging into all of the third-party apps again is definitely the coolest part of getting a new device
Currently firing up a new iPhone 17 Pro because I'm fancy like that 💁♂️
November 13, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Currently firing up a new iPhone 17 Pro because I'm fancy like that 💁♂️
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why do we allow private equity in our society? it's obviously bad for everyone in the world except the people doing it. it should be illegal like fraud
Is this good? It doesn't seem good.
"Walgreens will no longer give many of its retail workers paid vacation time for Thanksgiving, Christmas and other major holidays, as the company looks to cut costs under new owners."
"Walgreens will no longer give many of its retail workers paid vacation time for Thanksgiving, Christmas and other major holidays, as the company looks to cut costs under new owners."
Walgreens Cuts Pay for Hourly Store Workers After $10 Billion Buyout
Walgreens will no longer give many of its retail workers paid vacation time for Thanksgiving, Christmas and other major holidays, as the company looks to cut costs under new owners.
www.bloomberg.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:32 PM
why do we allow private equity in our society? it's obviously bad for everyone in the world except the people doing it. it should be illegal like fraud
Our Echo Show currently has in rotation "Top 10 Funniest Mad TV Characters." What kind of a partnership is this?! Can you even do that listicle in 2025? I feel like a full 3/4 of those characters should probably be fully cancelled by now
November 10, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Our Echo Show currently has in rotation "Top 10 Funniest Mad TV Characters." What kind of a partnership is this?! Can you even do that listicle in 2025? I feel like a full 3/4 of those characters should probably be fully cancelled by now
We're at the point in these baking competition shows on Food Network where they're introducing contestants with whether or not they've already completed on a TV baking show before. (I'm watching the Harry Potter one with my kids.)
November 9, 2025 at 11:59 PM
We're at the point in these baking competition shows on Food Network where they're introducing contestants with whether or not they've already completed on a TV baking show before. (I'm watching the Harry Potter one with my kids.)
Lions: so far, I approve
November 9, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Lions: so far, I approve
There's a contentious maybe-deal to end the shutdown coming where the Dems cave and get essentially nothing, and while all this is going on Trump is going to be doing an interview on an NFL game
November 9, 2025 at 9:52 PM
There's a contentious maybe-deal to end the shutdown coming where the Dems cave and get essentially nothing, and while all this is going on Trump is going to be doing an interview on an NFL game
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sometimes i get all sentimental about the human race but then i talk to some of them and it’s like oh yeah right
November 9, 2025 at 7:51 PM
sometimes i get all sentimental about the human race but then i talk to some of them and it’s like oh yeah right
So many elaborate heartfelt commercials during NFL games. Like that one with old women sledding.
November 9, 2025 at 9:47 PM
So many elaborate heartfelt commercials during NFL games. Like that one with old women sledding.
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football’s all like gimme that coconut i want it it’s beautiful but tennis is all like fuck this stupid lemon i hate it
November 9, 2025 at 7:55 PM
football’s all like gimme that coconut i want it it’s beautiful but tennis is all like fuck this stupid lemon i hate it
I can only think of James Austin Green's very good Trump impression on SNL now
November 9, 2025 at 9:44 PM
I can only think of James Austin Green's very good Trump impression on SNL now
JFC save the Trump interviews for your "news" division, Fox.
He does have a way of stealing attention whether people like it or not, doesn't he?
He does have a way of stealing attention whether people like it or not, doesn't he?
November 9, 2025 at 9:43 PM
JFC save the Trump interviews for your "news" division, Fox.
He does have a way of stealing attention whether people like it or not, doesn't he?
He does have a way of stealing attention whether people like it or not, doesn't he?
That's going to be an absolute shitshow. Get the president off of our football game
November 9, 2025 at 9:41 PM
That's going to be an absolute shitshow. Get the president off of our football game
Fox is talking to Trump during the 3rd quarter of the game?!? What?? NO ONE WANTS THAT
November 9, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Fox is talking to Trump during the 3rd quarter of the game?!? What?? NO ONE WANTS THAT
I would love to know how much Microsoft is paying to have its tablets used on the sidelines and by the coaching staff upstairs. New addition of the big Copilot logo too
November 9, 2025 at 9:39 PM
I would love to know how much Microsoft is paying to have its tablets used on the sidelines and by the coaching staff upstairs. New addition of the big Copilot logo too
"Fedora Man" from the press photo the day of the Louvre heist is just a 15 year old kid who always dresses like that. I love it. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:40 PM
"Fedora Man" from the press photo the day of the Louvre heist is just a 15 year old kid who always dresses like that. I love it. apnews.com/article/louv...
White Stripes ushered into R&R Hall of Fame by Iggy Pop on emotional, powerful night
www.freep.com/story/entert...
www.freep.com/story/entert...
White Stripes ushered into R&R Hall of Fame by Iggy Pop on emotional, powerful night
Jack White saluted his absent White Stripes partner, Meg White, as the Detroit band was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame at an L.A. ceremony.
www.freep.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:57 PM
White Stripes ushered into R&R Hall of Fame by Iggy Pop on emotional, powerful night
www.freep.com/story/entert...
www.freep.com/story/entert...
This is beautiful
November 9, 2025 at 3:15 AM
This is beautiful